Difficulty breathing due to baby

Is anybody else having trouble breathing? I swear every time I sit down now I either have to be leaned all the way back or I have to arch my back to get full breaths. If I am leaned back I can breathe but the baby puts a lot of pressure on me so I have to move relatively soon. I had to go to bed at 8:00 just because I needed to lay on my side to get some breath! I just turned 26 weeks so I still have a long way to go.

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Yes! I was just complaining this morning to SO (significant other) that I feel like I'm not getting enough air. I don't know what's causing the sensation, I can take a deep breath when I think about it but it's almost like my body has forgotten to take regular deep breaths on its own. Probably has something to do with why I've been feeling woozy lately too...

OMG I felt like it was just me!!! I also worried that I got too fat and that was causing the pressure in my chest. I cant walk up the stairs without being completely winded. At work I have to lean back and "posture" as my boss calls it to open my chest so I can get a halfway decent breath.

I swear this child has taken up residence in my ribcage and squeezes my lungs for entertainment!!

Exact same here. It's been going on for a while and at one point I went to see the doctor because of it. Apparently it's normal but I also don't remember feeling this shortness of breath with my first. So odd.

I'm so glad I am not alone! I end up so shirted of breath I get nauseated and have to stand or go lay in my bed. Standing sucks because my hips are in such bad shape and now when I lay on my side my arm goes dead.. probably from the amount of weight I've gained. It is all a lose lose situation

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